Tamera Oldfield

CLEAResult

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
282 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

4.0

whole food meals

consumed
UP TO

630

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

42

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

60

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

12

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Tamera's actions

Waste

Go Paperless

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 3.4lbs (1.5kg) a month or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

High Impact Action Track

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Waste

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 1 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

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Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 1 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

De-Clutter My Home

I will de-clutter, clean, and donate or recycle unneeded items in my home.

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Simplicity

Less Screen Time

I will replace 45 minute(s) of screen time each day with other activities.

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Waste

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

I will spend 60 minutes learning about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Whole Foods Diet

Michael Pollan states that “it is better to pay the grocer (our edit: or the farmer!) than the doctor.” What are your thoughts on this idea?

Tamera Oldfield 10/04/2019 11:29 AM

I think that is an incredibly simplified view of switching to a whole-food diet. While it is arguably better to consume whole-foods as opposed to processed foods, that isn't a cure-all. Additionally, it kind of dismisses the existence of the availability of whole-foods for low-income, under-privileged communities. If someone lives in a food desert, they don't necessarily have the option to chose unprocessed foods, or if they did, the time to prepare whole meals.
And just to throw this out there: in many states that have subsidized health-care, it can be more accessible to low-income communities, as opposed to more expensive, not readily available groceries.
Pollan may have addressed this, but comments like that tend to overlook income inequality and equal access to food/grocery stores.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
High Impact Action Track Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Bringing your own bags and containers to the grocery store, and even to restaurants for leftovers, are a couple of ways to reduce your waste. What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

Tamera Oldfield 10/04/2019 11:20 AM

The ones I run into the most are vegetable/fruit in plastic containers or bags. I have material (left over from other projects) that I want to use to make produce bags, so I will be transitioning to those instead.

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